Struggling payments company Powa Technologies "spends
outrageous amounts of money," frequently changes strategy,
and suffers high staff turnover, according to anonymous reviews
from former and current employees.

Reviews left on jobs site Glassdoor also repeatedly slam
management of the company, say development staff are given little
respect, and say the company is expanding at an unrealistic pace
and overpromising to clients.

Powa Technologies declined to comment on questions about its
spending, staff turnover, management, and expansion put to it by
Business Insider.

Website Glassdoor lets current and former staff leave anonymous
reviews of companies. The reviews should be taken with a pinch of
salt — they're all anonymous after all and it's hard to sift
someone with an axe to grind from someone giving genuine
feedback.

But, taken in aggregate, they can give an interesting insight
into an otherwise closed world. And the frequency of particular
criticisms across more than 130 reviews for Powa Technologies on
the site suggests they are more than just isolated gripes of
disgruntled staff.

Business Insider reviewed the 133 public reviews of Powa on
Glassdoor. Powa's overall rating is 3.2, but within that there's
a huge disparity in feedback. The most common rating of the
company is just 1 star, with 50 reviewers giving this rating. By
contrast, the second most common rating is 5 stars, with 43
reviews giving this rank.

Across the majority of reviews, however, several key themes crop
up again and again:

Great people, exciting place to work. Dynamic workload
which constantly keeps you thinking and pushes the business
forward. Like a family, everyone looking out for each other and
there is a really positive vibe about where the company is going!
I almost forgot to mention the view from the balcony which is
amazing!

If you like working in a dynamic atmosphere with forward
thinking people then consider Powa. Anytime I have had a work
problem both your team and management jump to help. More
importantly if you disagree with a point of view you can say it
and state how you would prefer to go about the solution and will
be fully supported. It is a dynamic atmosphere with some
inspirational minds. Best of all you'll have a good laugh,everyone gets on well and there is
always good banter.

Honestly don't believe the negative
comments this is an exciting company to be part of and you won't
regret joining.

While employs may disagree about whether it's a good place to
work or not, the frequency of certain criticisms suggest serious
operational issues at the heart of the business.

High employee turnover, high spending, and poor management go
some way to explaining the current turmoil
at Powa, valued at $2.7 billion (£1.8 billion).